Are you tired of scrolling through endless chats to find a particular message in WhatsApp? Good news, a long-awaited function will finally solve the problem!
If you’ve been using WhatsApp regularly for a while, you’ve probably accumulated hundreds, if not thousands, of messages in chats with your loved ones. Especially when there are talkative people in groups… However, if it is possible to quickly find old exchanges thanks to the search function when you remember a few key words, it is completely different when you no longer remember of no term or when when we use a very common word that often comes up in conversations. There is then no other solution than to manually scroll up through the messages to go back in time and find the one that interests you. In short, it’s long and absolutely not practical!
Fortunately, Meta is about to solve the problem with a very nifty feature: the calendar button. In the works for several months and eagerly awaited, it allows you to search for messages from a specific date, whether in group or individual discussions. Practical, provided you have a good memory! It seems that some users were able to take advantage of it on the latest Web and Android versions of instant messaging.
To use it, you need to go to the search options, tapping the three little dots at the top right of the screen, then selecting “Search”. As usual, a search bar appears, where you can enter your keywords, as well as two arrows, which allow you to scroll through the messages. Now a small calendar icon also appears next to it. When you press it, a normal-sized calendar opens, and all you have to do is select the date the message you are interested in was sent. Like Google’s Calendar app, you can scroll through the months or select a particular year if you’re looking for an old one.
This new feature is very practical because it not only saves time, but also reduces the frustration of scrolling through long conversation histories. In addition, it is particularly useful when it comes to finding non-text messages, such as voice notes – which can be complicated to find since they are not transcribed into text – or photos, or when you are unable to remember the exact wording of a text message.
This function has already been available for iPhone users since January 2023. However, until now it was not available in WhatsApp Web or on Android devices. However, it has been in development in the webmail beta versions since last November already, and was spotted a month later in the Android beta versions. It is not yet known when WhatsApp will officially announce the introduction of this function, but it should not be long!